Talking About Games would like to congratulate b slivr, the randomly selected winner in our blue Japanese faceplate contest!   Slivr’s going to have a little piece of Japanese gaming sent their way, to adorn his Xbox 360 and show off to friends, loved ones, and pedestrians in the neighborhood. If you’re one of the [...]

  Clock watchers, start your engines!  Nintendo has finally issued a release date for the stateside release of Mario Kart on the Wii.  You and your friends can race against one another as soon as April 27th, a mere six and a half weeks from today.   Very nice! In addition to offering Mii integration, [...]

We already are well aware of the fact that Crytek has a fully optimized version of the CryENGINE 2 running on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but why? Of course, the most obvious reason is the rumored impending port of the previously PC-only Crysis, which was pseudo-confirmed at GDC. Today, Trademork brings a recent [...]

Remember back when Warhawk launched for the PlayStation 3? A lot of the buzz surrounding the title came from the fact that it was the first PS3 retail title to be offered as both a downloadable and disc-based product, with the latter coming in a bluetooth headset-equipped box set. Quite a lot of consumers found [...]

Stall the droves of excitement folks, because I don’t think the web’s series of tubes can accommodate for it all. Today, in their first quarter fiscal 2008 numbers, Take-Two Interactive has officially announced BioShock 2‘s existence. As everyone had predicted, new member of the 2K family, 2K Marin, will be handling development of the title. [...]

Black Wing Foundation has announced a new Source Engine third-person shooter for Xbox 360 and PC (no word on a PS3 version at this time) today, with subject matter that is sure to garner some attention. Salvation is set in a "near future" timeframe, where genetic experimentation and religious turmoil plague the world. If you’ve [...]

Engulfed in turmoil at the announcement of a $55 SIXAXIS with rumble last month? Understandable. Good thing you always have friends looking out for you on the internet, right? The folks over at Cheapassgamer bring word that Amazon’s website is charging (gasp!) only $49.99, with free super saver shipping if you pre-order the peripheral. Woo [...]

A bit of disappointing news for our European gamers, another title has been delayed in your region. Sega has confirmed today that Condemned 2: Bloodshot, available in the U.S. tomorrow, is delayed until April 4th. Word last week was that the title might be slipping until the end of March; obviously it’s now a bit [...]

  Hitting Xbox Live Marketplace today to add on to your Rock Band track list is a selection of three songs from Black Tide, Paramore and Serj Tankian, all at a cheap price. Harmonix has announced the following tracks for this week’s DLC, and while ot the most "exciting" and mass appealing pieces of musical [...]

Over the weekend, what was thought to be Sega’s official Dreamcast website, Dreamcast.com , was updated in preperation for the console’s 10 year anniversary. Accordingly, it was asked of visitors "Do you still own a Dreamcast?", and if you did, you were politely requested to provide your console’s serial number, and accept an end user [...]